Robbery of American Poker Game Leaves One Dead

Monday, 5 November 2007

Frank DeSena, a former professor and mathematician from New Jersey,
was shot and killed at an attempted robbery of a poker game in New
York on Friday.
The game took place in a building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and
was comprised mainly of

Frank DeSena, a former professor and mathematician from New Jersey,
was shot and killed at an attempted robbery of a poker game in New
York on Friday.
The game took place in a building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and
was comprised mainly of middle-class players spread over a dozen
tables. The game even had its own guard in the lobby, but this
didn’t stop a number of men from raiding the game. Wearing ski
masks and armed with guns, the assailants entered the game and
demanded cash to be put onto the tables.
There was a gunshot and DeSana was shot in the torso and later
pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Some reports claim that
$100,000 was stolen from the players, but this has not been
confirmed by the local police.
The legality of the games is under question – whilst it is not
illegal to play poker for money in New York, organising the games
is. According to some of the participants, the house charged $5
every thirty minutes and pot sizes ranged from a couple of hundred
to several thousand dollars. So far it is unclear who is
responsible for organising the games.

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